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...Truman Scholarship, for example, has been working towards this goal by awarding scholarships to over 2,000 students who plan to pursue graduate studies in public service. Since the scholarship’s inception in 1977, it has granted over $40 million to Truman Scholars. Yet, there is a limit to the amount of grants that can be given all in all. Harvard has already increased financial aid resources tremendously and most universities are in no position to follow suit. As a result, a system of loans would enable universities to help more students than the select few who receive...
...McCain campaign hopes to contain the Obama advantage by depending heavily on the Republican Party machinery, which has a historically superior general election get-out-the-vote operation. As a result, the campaign has been encouraging wealthy donors to give even after they have reached their $2,300 donation limit for McCain. Under a program called "McCain Victory '08," donors are encouraged to give up to $70,000 to state and national party funds. After the general election, McCain is likely to accept $84 million in public financing to carry his campaign through the final two months. With the voter...
Creamer says EnergySolutions has no plans to import foreign LLRW "wholesale" from Europe and pledged to limit its foreign intake in Utah to 5% of the facility's capacity. Still, says EnergySolutions senior vice president Jill Sigal, "If there are isolated instances where we can help other countries... that's something that would have to be considered." That hedging is at odds with a recent annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that makes clear that the company defines its mission as a global enterprise. "Internationally, as countries endeavor to expand nuclear power generation, many seek to address...
...voted last week to forbid genetic discrimination, because they apparently believe you should not gain any advantage or suffer any disadvantage as a result of the genes you inherit from your parents, have also voted to abolish the estate tax, because they apparently believe there should be no limit whatsoever on how much money you can inherit. Go figure...
...There is of course a limit to even the theoretical merit of “A Million Penguins”—it may only prove the adage that too many cooks spoil the broth—but we today are too slow to consider the tools and mechanics that proverbial broth-making implies. The collaborative novel, if nothing else, gives us an opportunity to reflect on our technological situation. After all, isn’t laughter “the panacea for the pain of the human experience…like apathy is the icing on the tractor?...